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Reporting from Washington — As President Obama is interviewing candidates for the Supreme Court, prospective nominees are being debated and dissected on blogs and in chat rooms. Conservative groups have posted campaign-style attack ads on YouTube. Counter-strikes are being launched by liberal groups.

Five basic questions: We were struck by Maddow’s absurd analysis because we’d spent a bit of time reading Draper’s report—and marveling at the vagueness of its central claims. For ourselves, we’ve studied under Professor Ceci Connolly—and we’ve learned some valuable lessons from the good doctor. One lesson: If a professional writer fails to state his […]

May 20 (Bloomberg) — If you want to find people with banking experience, one of the last places to look is inside the boardrooms of the country’s biggest banks. Citigroup Inc. recently appointed four new directors with significant banking or investing backgrounds. Yet such directors still represent less than a third of the industry’s independent […]

A teenager who sold her virginity online for £8,800 has revealed the details of her tryst with the winning bidder. Alina Percea, 18, auctioned her virginity on a website so that she could afford to pay for her computing degree.